Catching-off machine



July 29 1924.

. P. HOYOUX CATCHING-OFF MACHINE Filed June 20. 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet. 1

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I P. HOYOUX CATCHING-OFF MACHINE Filed June 20, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Iaffozueq July 29, 1924.

l P. HOYOUX CATCHING-OFF MACHINE 'Filed June 20. 1923 3 Sheets-Sh eet 5illlo'mau Patented July 29, 1924.

s'ra'rss CATCHINGr-OFF MACHINE.

Application filed June 20, 1923. Serial No. 646,690.

T 0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, PIERRE HOYOUX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Catching-OffMachines, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide means for handlinggoblets as they come from the finisher so as to render it unnecessary toemploy carrying in boys, thus reducing the labor expense and producinggoblets at a low cost.

Another object of the invention is to make the parts adjustable so thatthey can be used on goblets of different sizes and of different weights.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view with the parts in horizontal position. a i

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts in vertical position.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig 1, looking from the opposite end shown byFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the crossbar showing a portionof one of the upright rods carried thereby.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 1.

In these views 1 indicates a base which supports a post 2 to the upperend of which an angle bracket 3 is secured. The vertical arm of thisbracket is forked to receive a cross bar 4 which is pivoted to thebracket that when the shafts are turned the rods can be adjusted towardsand away from each other. The shafts are carried by the end pieces 12 onthe cross piece i. These shafts have handles 13 formed on their outerends so that they can be turned by,

hand. Each rod carries substantially U- shaped holders 14 and 14 attheir upper ends which are preferably formed of asbestos, the holder 14,carried by the rod 8, has a hinged section 15 which is normally held inlowered position by a spring 16 so that the top of the goblet can beplaced therein. The other holder is stationary as its opening is largeenough to receive the stem of the goblet.

The goblets as they come from the finisher are placed in the devicewhile the parts are in a' horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1. Theunfinished top of the goblet is cracked off and then the cross bar 4.with the parts carried thereby will slowly turn to a vertical positionwith the holders supporting the goblet without weight on the stem. Thusthis device will eliminate the use of a boy to hold the goblet in a forkuntil the finisher cracks the top therefrom and it is passed to the:leers. As two of these boys are used to each goblet shop it will be seenthat this device will reduce the labor expense,

The parts are adjustable to suitgoblets' of different sizes and weightsand the adjustable weight permits the device to be balanced so that itwill drop to a vertical position as soon as the unfinished top of thegoblet is cracked off. As soon as the goblet cools sufliciently it isremoved from the device and sent to the leers.

It is thought from the foregoing description, a pair of holdersadjustably arranged on the frame and means permitting one of the holdersto be opened toadmit the top of the goblet. 1

2. A device of the class described comupright, each holder being ofsubstantially prising a supporting stand, a cross bar U-shape and oneholder having a movable 10 pivotally arranged therein, an adjustablepart for permitting the top of a goblet to Weight for holding the crossbar in horibe inserted therein. zontal position, a pair of uprightsslidably In testimony whereof I aflix my signaarranged on the cross bar,screw shafts for ture. adjusting the uprights towards and away from eachother, a holder carried by each PIERRE HOYOUXv

